Month: September

Famous people born in January are Miguel de Cervantes, Marco Polo, Sarah Bernhardt, Agatha Christie, Louis XIV,

September 1

Kirani James

Grenadian sprinter

Born: September 1, 1992

🎂 Turns 34 years

Lily Tomlin

American actress, comedian and writer

Born: September 1, 1939

🎂 Turns 87 years

Ruud Gullit

Dutch association football player and manager

Born: September 1, 1962

🎂 Turns 64 years

September 2

Christa McAuliffe

American educator and astronaut

Born: September 2, 1948

Died: January 28, 1986

Would be 78 years

Claude Nicollier

Swiss astronaut

Born: September 2, 1944

🎂 Turns 82 years

Mark Harmon

American actor

Born: September 2, 1951

🎂 Turns 75 years

September 3

Ferdinand Porsche

Austrian-born German automotive engineer, inventor (1875–1951)

Born: September 3, 1875

Died: January 30, 1951

Would be 151 years

Shaun White

American snowboarder and skateboarder

Born: September 3, 1986

🎂 Turns 40 years

Noah Baumbach

American filmmaker (born 1969)

Born: September 3, 1969

🎂 Turns 57 years

September 4

Max Greenfield

American actor

Born: September 4, 1979

🎂 Turns 47 years

Oskar Schlemmer

German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer (1888–1943)

Born: September 4, 1888

Died: April 13, 1943

Would be 138 years

Khandi Alexander

American dancer, choreographer, and actress

Born: September 4, 1957

🎂 Turns 69 years

James Cleverly

September 5

Caspar David Friedrich

German Romantic landscape painter (1774–1840)

Born: September 5, 1774

Died: May 7, 1840

Would be 252 years

Yuna Kim

South Korean figure skater

Born: September 5, 1990

🎂 Turns 36 years

Michael Keaton

American actor

Born: September 5, 1951

🎂 Turns 75 years

September 6

Max Schreck

German actor (1879-1936)

Born: September 6, 1879

Died: February 20, 1936

Would be 147 years

Naomie Harris

English actress

Born: September 6, 1976

🎂 Turns 50 years

Idris Elba

British actor

Born: September 6, 1972

🎂 Turns 54 years

Joseph Wirth

September 7

David Packard

American electrical engineer, businessman, and philanthropist (1912–1996)

Born: September 7, 1912

Died: March 26, 1996

Would be 114 years

Michael Emerson

American actor (born 1954)

Born: September 7, 1954

🎂 Turns 72 years

Mira Furlan

Croatian actress and singer (1955–2021)

Born: September 7, 1955

Died: January 20, 2021

Would be 71 years

Dario Argento

September 8

Marin Mersenne

French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist, often referred to as the "father of acoustics" (1588-1648)

Born: September 8, 1588

Died: September 1, 1648

Would be 438 years

Mario Adorf

German actor (born 1930)

Born: September 8, 1930

🎂 Turns 96 years

Martin Freeman

English actor

Born: September 8, 1971

🎂 Turns 55 years

Peter Sellers

September 9

Colonel Sanders

American entrepreneur (1890-1980) who founded KFC

Born: September 9, 1890

Died: December 16, 1980

Would be 136 years

Dennis Ritchie

American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language

Born: September 9, 1941

Died: October 12, 2011

Would be 85 years

Georg Hackl

German luger

Born: September 9, 1966

🎂 Turns 60 years

September 10

Charles Simonyi

Hungarian-American computer software executive (born 1948)

Born: September 10, 1948

🎂 Turns 78 years

Jack Ma

Chinese businessman

Born: September 10, 1964

🎂 Turns 62 years

Philip Baker Hall

American actor (1931–2022)

Born: September 10, 1931

Died: June 12, 2022

Would be 95 years

September 11

Gherman Titov

Soviet cosmonaut (1935-2000)

Born: September 11, 1935

Died: September 20, 2000

Would be 91 years

Robert Crippen

American astronaut

Born: September 11, 1937

🎂 Turns 89 years

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

Born: September 11, 1945

Died: January 7, 2024

Would be 81 years

Marco Rose

September 12

Anousheh Ansari

Iranian-American engineer and entrepreneur

Born: September 12, 1966

🎂 Turns 60 years

Jesse Owens

American track and field athlete (1913–1980)

Born: September 12, 1913

Died: March 31, 1980

Would be 113 years

Irina Rodnina

Russian politician and figure skater

Born: September 12, 1949

🎂 Turns 77 years

September 13

Lili Reinhart

American actress (born 1996)

Born: September 13, 1996

🎂 Turns 30 years

Daniel Defoe

English trader, writer, and journalist (1660–1731)

Born: September 13, 1660

Died: April 24, 1731

Would be 366 years

Roald Dahl

British writer and poet (1916–1990)

Born: September 13, 1916

Died: November 23, 1990

Would be 110 years

Fabio Cannavaro

September 14

Hicham El Guerrouj

Moroccan middle and long distance runner

Born: September 14, 1974

🎂 Turns 52 years

Martina Gedeck

German actress and spokeswoman

Born: September 14, 1961

🎂 Turns 65 years

Amy Winehouse

British singer-songwriter (1983–2011)

Born: September 14, 1983

Died: July 23, 2011

Would be 43 years

September 15

Ettore Bugatti

Italian automobile designer and manufacturer (1881–1947)

Born: September 15, 1881

Died: August 21, 1947

Would be 145 years

David Popovici

Romanian swimmer

Born: September 15, 2004

🎂 Turns 22 years

Jolin Tsai

Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1980)

Born: September 15, 1980

🎂 Turns 46 years

September 16

Max Minghella

British actor

Born: September 16, 1985

🎂 Turns 41 years

Mickey Rourke

American actor and former boxer

Born: September 16, 1952

🎂 Turns 74 years

Molly Shannon

American actress and comedian (born 1964)

Born: September 16, 1964

🎂 Turns 62 years

September 17

Pope Paul V

233rd pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1605 to 1621

Born: September 17, 1552

Died: January 28, 1621

Would be 474 years

Mena Massoud

Egyptian-Canadian actor

Born: September 17, 1991

🎂 Turns 35 years

Kyle Chandler

American actor (born 1965)

Born: September 17, 1965

🎂 Turns 61 years

September 18

Mark Shuttleworth

South African entrepreneur; second self-funded visitor to the International Space Station

Born: September 18, 1973

🎂 Turns 53 years

Pope Gregory XVI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846 (1765–1846)

Born: September 18, 1765

Died: June 1, 1846

Would be 261 years

Aitor Karanka

Spanish association football player and manager

Born: September 18, 1973

🎂 Turns 53 years

September 19

Sunita Williams

American astronaut and USN officer

Born: September 19, 1965

🎂 Turns 61 years

Emil Zátopek

Czech long-distance runner (1922–2000)

Born: September 19, 1922

Died: November 22, 2000

Would be 104 years

Katrina Bowden

American actress and model

Born: September 19, 1988

🎂 Turns 38 years

September 20

Paul I of Russia

The ninth Emperor of Russia (1796–1801)

Born: September 20, 1754

Died: March 11, 1801

Would be 272 years

Maggie Cheung

Hong Kong actress

Born: September 20, 1964

🎂 Turns 62 years

Henrik Larsson

Swedish association football player and manager

Born: September 20, 1971

🎂 Turns 55 years

September 21

Maggie Grace

American actress

Born: September 21, 1983

🎂 Turns 43 years

Nancy Travis

American actress

Born: September 21, 1961

🎂 Turns 65 years

Özgür Özel

Turkish politician (born 1974)

Born: September 21, 1974

🎂 Turns 52 years

September 22

Tom Felton

British actor, singer and musician (born 1987)

Born: September 22, 1987

🎂 Turns 39 years

Andrea Bocelli

Italian tenor and singer-songwriter (born 1958)

Born: September 22, 1958

🎂 Turns 68 years

Michael Faraday

British scientist (1791–1867)

Born: September 22, 1791

Died: August 25, 1867

Would be 235 years

September 23

Mickey Rooney

American actor (1920–2014)

Born: September 23, 1920

Died: April 6, 2014

Would be 106 years

Prem Chopra

Indian actor

Born: September 23, 1935

🎂 Turns 91 years

Han Han

Chinese writer and racing driver

Born: September 23, 1982

🎂 Turns 44 years

September 24

Nia Vardalos

Canadian-born American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer of Greek descent

Born: September 24, 1962

🎂 Turns 64 years

Cao Yu

Chinese writer (1910-1996)

Born: September 24, 1910

Died: December 13, 1996

Would be 116 years

Walter Simons

German politician and judge (1861-1937)

Born: September 24, 1861

Died: July 14, 1937

Would be 165 years

John Marshall

September 25

Mark Hamill

American actor (born 1951)

Born: September 25, 1951

🎂 Turns 75 years

Michael Douglas

American retired actor, producer and activist (born 1944)

Born: September 25, 1944

🎂 Turns 82 years

Michael Madsen

American actor (1957–2025)

Born: September 25, 1957

Died: July 3, 2025

Would be 69 years

September 26

Serena Williams

American tennis player (1981)

Born: September 26, 1981

🎂 Turns 45 years

Pope Paul VI

pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 (1897–1978)

Born: September 26, 1897

Died: August 6, 1978

Would be 129 years

Oleg Basilashvili

Soviet and Russian actor

Born: September 26, 1934

Died: January 1, 1980

Would be 92 years

September 27

Dumitru Prunariu

Romanian astronaut

Born: September 27, 1952

🎂 Turns 74 years

Luca Parmitano

Italian astronaut

Born: September 27, 1976

🎂 Turns 50 years

Andy Lau

Chinese Hong Kong actor, film producer and singer

Born: September 27, 1961

🎂 Turns 65 years

Francesco Totti

September 28

Mira Sorvino

American actress

Born: September 28, 1967

🎂 Turns 59 years

Naomi Watts

English actress (born 1968)

Born: September 28, 1968

🎂 Turns 58 years

Peter Finch

British-Australian actor (1916–1977)

Born: September 28, 1916

Died: January 14, 1977

Would be 110 years

September 29

Enrico Fermi

Italian–American physicist (1901–1954)

Born: September 29, 1901

Died: November 28, 1954

Would be 125 years

Caravaggio

Italian painter (1571–1610)

Born: September 29, 1571

Died: July 18, 1610

Would be 455 years

Tintoretto

Renaissance painter (1518/1519–1594)

Born: September 29, 1518

Died: May 31, 1594

Would be 508 years

September 30

Pope Clement II

Head of the Catholic Church from 1046 to 1047

Born: September 30, 1005

Died: October 9, 1047

Would be 1021 years

Maddie Ziegler

American dancer and actress

Born: September 30, 2002

🎂 Turns 24 years

Marion Cotillard

French actress (born 1975)

Born: September 30, 1975

🎂 Turns 51 years